by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Apr 11, 2013 | sound design
The new Sasha Soundlab is now out! If you aren’t familiar yet with Sasha Soundlab, it’s been a tool I’ve been raving about for the last year. It’s a perfect companion to Ableton Live (or any other DAW) One of the biggest challenges with making...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Jun 4, 2012 | sound design
How to use Filter Envelopes in Ableton Live Here’s a video I made to help you understand how to use a filter envelope & to refresh you on what an envelope (of any kind) generally does. If you’ve found this to be confusing in the past, this should clear...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Apr 9, 2012 | creative mindset, productivity
A simple but rarely used songwriting & arrangement technique This is a songwriting technique that I almost didn’t want to write about. It’s so silly and obvious that I thought I might be the only person to find use with it. As I pondered it for a few...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Jan 7, 2012 | Audio engineering, creative mindset, Free Stuff, productivity, sound design
Song Made From Sampling a Porno Clip With all this rambling on I do about finishing songs & avoiding distractions, I take on this doozie of a challenge. Can I actually create a song completely made from only manipulated sounds from a porn? No synths, no drum...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Mar 15, 2009 | sound design
Create Ambient drones with Paul StretchI just wanted to post this blog as I’ve discovered a fantastic new free plugin called Paul Stretch that will stretch a sound by up to 10,000 times it’s original length! No that wasn’t a typo!This can be an...